<DIV>Dowayne, there was one day in the year of our lord 2001 where all of the forces of nature conspired to create a very hazardous condition for airplanes at an otherwise beautiful and pilot friendly airfield in Dayton. On that freakish weekend the servo tray in the aft of my SL1 became unstuck leading to total destruction. Another gentleman who will remain nameless, had a fly away, and no less than two other planes met their untimely end. Since that day the cosmos has returned to normal and a successful and less costly (at least in terms of RC equipment) competition has been held on that very sight. I have been assured and have it on good authority that the demons have been exercised, and the pattern gods that live on busted balsa and broken dreams have been satisfied. As such I will no longer be referring to the Dayton flying field as the cursed earth, nor Harry Sloan as the CD of the damned! In an attempt to walk it like I talk it, I will be personally taking that 4 hour trip South West to beautiful Springfield to participate in the competition.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hope to see you there!</DIV>
<DIV>Anthony<BR><BR><B><I>Dowayne Gould <dgould@columbus.rr.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cursed Earth Pattern Competition???????</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I plan on attending my first pattern competition at the Dayton Meet. I will be trying my hand in the Sportsman division. Is there something I should know about this meet??? :D</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dowayne</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=aabdu@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:aabdu@sbcglobal.net">Anthony Abdullah</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 02, 2003 11:30 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: 3M Mintor 170 questions</DIV>
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<DIV>Mike, your my hero.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am looking forward to seeing that baby on your Oly at the end of the month at the annual Cursed Earth pattern competition (AKA Dayton).<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>